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1.nounThe act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
2.nounThe act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
3.nounThe voluntary renunciation of sovereign power"abdication of the throne, government, power, authority"
4.nounThe renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
5.nounThe action of being deposed from the seat of power.